Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-06-22
NJ. II. Bite Cock is in his new oficp
ready TO talk real estate.

AON0y W NoAA AOoA CoSoSOs
The building ASSOCIATION will sell an
other loan within few weeks. -
Cam. Smith will be here this week
with lot of fancy driving horses.
Judge Ellis was barely able to hold
court this week, having severe case
Of neuralgia.
Under the Laurels" by home talent,
Is still under consideration, and will be
presented about July lst.
1. Bar Johnston had not been in town
al hour before he was filling the boys
with his Texas and Mexican stories.
On the 18th inst, Judge Hardy is
sued a marriage license to A. G. Rich
ardson Of Wellington and Miss Bessie
Cole, of Sharon. -
Monday was the last day for paying
the second half of the taxes of 1886.
Treasurer Rogers and Deputy Butman
were unusually busy.
II. E. Mobiles new house is nearly
ready for occupancy. 1t is one the best
houses in the city, and the contractor,
c. I. Freeman, should be proud of 1t.
A raspberry and ice. cream festival
viii be given at the Sherlock-MiIls hall
tomorrow, Thursday. evening by the
ladies of the NJ. E. church aid society.
Geppert s. Stone furnished Uncle
Billy Mills with his western outfit, a
Weber wagon fitted up with sleeping
apartments, cooking stove and cy-
clone protector.
The Adventures of Tad" was such
a pleasing story that we are inclined to
run another serial, and now think 1T
will be ''Dorcas Caledon, the Heiress of
Caledon Heights" This is an entirely
new story that has never before been
printed in Kansas. = -
w. D. VanSlyke and wife are at
Ocean Side, California, and are delight
ed with the country. They found a
man named VIM. VanSlyke, out there,
keeping the Southern Pacific Hotel, and
they are boarding with him. The let
ter does not state whether there is any
relationship or not.
Mingona and vicinity will celebrate
the Fourth in great shape at the eros
sing on the Medicine river, near the
Ebersole place. Everybody is invited
to be present with weH-filled baskets.
A platform dance. vocal and instru-
mental music, and speaking will be
features of the day. BY order of the
committee of Three.
J. w. McNeal, Capt. Rogers, E. NJ.
Byeriey, Robt. Gibson and DIR. Gillette
have bought from Geppert & Stone a
wind mill and pump and 100 barrel
tank which they will have placed on
Mr.. McNeal's lot and from which they
will supply their premises with water.
The eutire outfit will cost about $4OO,
including the piping.
Last week, in mentioning the sale of
the Blickhahn stock of goods, we locat-
ed it in the ''Shreves block" There is
no such block in town. 1t should have
been the Glasscock block, Mr.. Glass
cock, father-In-law of Waldron Chase,
having purchased of II. c. Thompson
the building on the corner of Main
street and Second avenue. -
The German Baptists Tor Dunkardsl
at Mingona, have decided to build "a
church and establish a cemetery near
Mingona. The following persons have
been appointed as building commit
tee, with power to receive and receipt
for subscriptions to the building: j. +.
Neher, ID. Firestone, Jacob Root. III.
Shamberger, Jessie Shamberger. Mr..
+. l.. Switzer and Mr.. Emanuel Smith
are also interested in the work.
Frank Block sent us Saturday, spec
linen of his gypsum hills corn. 1t is
high enough to hide tall man, and has
rank green color. He has % acres of
just such corn, and thinks, it will be
hard to beat anywhere. 1t was not
selected specimen he brought us, but
simply some he had pulled up and
thrown into his wagon for horse-feed.
He has had roasting ears since the 18th
of June. He says that rain or 10 rain he
will have IS bushels of corr to the acre
in his early planting.
The following is the jury trying the
O'Shee case: j. w. Howard, David
Burnham, Calvin Jones, Ness Tiff, W.
II. Osborn, J. c. Sanderson, VIM. Long
er, Ii. S.Goddard, Jas. Deal, j, h Hull
lett, John Higgins, August Smith.
The state closed its case yesterday af-
ternoOn at five o'clock, and Mr.. Sample
counsel for the defendant demurred to
the evidence on the ground that it
would not sustain the charge made in
the information. At this time, Wednes-
day morning, the court has not yet de-
cided on the motion, though the suppo-
sitiOn is that the motion will be sus-
tanned and the defendant discharged.